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I try to be positive here on Midtown Lunch… and I freakin’ love this city. The food is amazing, and there’s no better place to be a “Midtown Lunch’er”. But as much as I love most of the food in L.A. (and will defend it to the death against any outsiders, or natives with an inferiority complex) there are some things about lunching in this town that really annoy me. Here are 7 of them, LAist style, for your enjoyment…

In a terrible blow to Food Court fans and Westside Korean fried chicken lovers, the Kyochon in the Fox Hills Mall Food Court has closed. As a food court fanatic and Korean fried chicken fan who lives on the westside, it’s a double blow. It’s hard to believe that, with all the complaining people do about the lack of authentic Asian food on the Westside, Kyochon couldn’t survive. What’s even more upsetting is the realization that if Kyochon couldn’t make it, what chance does 101 Noodle Express have. And, really, what chance does any great food court in L.A. have. Fox Hills Mall was supposed to be that beacon of light, showing the path to other crappy mall food courts (I’m looking at you Beverly Center.) It’s enough to set a guy off…

Oh man, do I love Korean fried chicken. I mean, how could I not? (How could anybody not for that matter?) I love fried chicken. I love Korean food. Dip one into the other, and voila. Food magic! And while there are plenty of versions to sample these days, there are still two major chains that can’t be ignored: Bon Chon & Kyochon. Midtown NYC got a Bon Chon a few weeks before I moved to L.A., but I never got to try Kyochon (their Midtown location is still under construction.) Contrary to what some back East might think, I didn’t move to L.A. specifically so I could eat at Kyochon, but it sure is a nice bonus!